A Very Merry Skype Christmas
Friday, December 28, 2007 at 11:58AM by Kris
Missing family (friends, too!) is the only down-side to our adventuring lifestyle. Home is where our blended Brady Bunch of six kids and their families gather for Christmas Eve dinner and we were pleased to have the tradition continue in our absence. Our kids are friends beyond siblings, and the grandbabies are great and fun cousins to each other - a blessing for which we're grateful.
We're also grateful for the technology that enables us to keep in touch with our loved ones while we're on the road. We utilize a satellite (SatMex 5), Apple Mac (with built-in camera), HP Photosmart R967 digital camera, and Skype on-line computer to computer (or computer to phone) service for our audio/visual face to face fixes.
We had a trial run with the goofies...
Duffie didn't miss a chance to see his kids....
On Christmas Eve, combining family and technology, we joined the festivities at home in Orangevale, California, from two thousand miles away in Roca Azul, Mexico.
(Names are omitted to protect the innocent and those in the witness protection program.)
Seeing the beautiful and happy faces we love and hearing the sounds of their good time was almost as much fun as being there.
How sweet is that?
mOOners
Reader Comments (2)
We're off to meet the great grand parents at Waffle Barn for some cheese blintzes...can't do that in the land of never-ending sunshine now, can ya?!
Love you both. See ya next year.
Tres